SALT AND SALTPETER BATH FOR UNDOING TRICKS
1457. A person dat been tricked in de skin it's something dat is buried for 'em or laid down on de steps for 'em -- de house been dressed. You take nine teaspoonful of cooking salt, you take one dime {'s worth}, of saltpeter, use dat, and eight quarts of water, hot water -- just like water for a bath. You pull off all of your clothes, ever'thing you got on, you get in there and take a bath in dat same water nine times.
(What do you mean nine times? All at once or different times?)
Dat same water -- don't throw dat water away, you keep it in something like you take a bath in. Never rub upwards -- always rub from here down [demonstrates].
(From your face right down.)
From there down. A person whut's been tricked in de skin, rub from here down and use dat water nine times, and de last time you use dat water, take it and throw it towards de sunrise, soon in the morning before the sun rise, so you get rid of dat complaint. Ah'm telling you whut's done happened to me.